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Can't See Motion Paths??

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May 21, 2011
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Motion Paths won't display. I'm using the latest updates for AE CS5 and nVidia. Motion Paths have never been visible in AE CS5 all the way back to nVidia driver version 178.x, in fact. What to do?

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Correct answer Bruno Quintin

I tested again and the Motion Path is visible on an animated object, such as a solid.

Still NOT visible on the Position XY property of the effect I am using (Optical Flares).

For seeing a motion path of a point effect, double clic on the layer to open the layer window. This kind of motion path does not appear in the composition window.

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Giannte252565619quj

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Goated.

laurar39122666

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I am not able to view my motion path in AE CC 2018. I am trying to add a motion path to a picture and have went through ALL of the options listed in the thread above. Please help!

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MovMaker

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Same here!

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MovMaker

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Can't get what happen. Last week I was animating with the motion path. Now it's not there at all after tried all the options you said.

RodrigoAmigoRodrigo

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You must click on an icon that looks like a chopped, dotted rectangle underneath the composition screen. Hovering the cursor over it will read "Toggle Mask and Shape Path Visibility"

Matt Haas

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Holy cow... this... this is it! This solved HOURS of troubleshooting. You are a genius! You win one pat on the back... but you'll have to administer that to yourself... obviously.

THANK YOU!

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michael2499

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Thanks a lot! A most useful answer!

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JD11213

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As for me, I was not seeing my motion path when using "Shapes".

If the Position property is changed under the main "Transform" arrow, then the motion path will show. On the other hand if the Position property is changed under the "Contents" arrrow, the motion path will NOT show.

I hope this helps someone.

After Effects CC 12.2 / Mac

bartłomiejm25147593

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Yes, it helped!

TimeRemapper

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Are you sure that you're enabling the display of motion paths in the preferences?

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Anonymous

Thanks. Yes Motion Paths is enabled, although the default seems to be the "No More Than [____]" option. As well, it's enabled under View->View options... (accessible while comp window is active).

The default upon a new installation of AE is that Motion Paths are visible, I thought. But I've never turned them off, yet I've never been able to see them no matter what. I'm only posting now because I've realized I need them and it appears it's not just that they were turned off.

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Anonymous

Thanks, yes Show Layer Controls has a checkmark next to it on the View menu. (Turning it off while the animated property is selected (PositionXY) turns the layer's handles and the position marker (an X in a circle) off.)

I tested again and the Motion Path is visible on an animated object, such as a solid.

Still NOT visible on the Position XY property of the effect I am using (Optical Flares).

Bruno Quintin

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Beware, If a layer have a negative Stretch, the motion path is not display.

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